People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — CLEVELAND WAS ILL. [ARTICLE]

CLEVELAND WAS ILL.

Confirmation of the Story That the President Bad a Cancer—Submitted to an Operation. Philadelphia, Aug. 80.—The Press publishes a four-column article confirming the dispatch from Boston about a month ago which stated that President Cleveland submitted to an operation on the yacht Oneida for the removal of a cancer. The operation required the cutting away of a considerable part of the upper jawbone, and so far there has been no serious effect. The Press says that Mr. Cleveland is yet a ▼ery sick man and that his physician fears that mortal disease is still lurking in his systeifc, notwithstanding the heroic efforts of surgery to remove It in July. Secretary Lamont, who was in New York a few days ago, was very apprehensive concerning the president’s present condition. It was in the late spring that Mr. Cleveland began to be tormented by a pain which seemed to proceed from a tooth. He endured a great deal of suffering and for many days found little rest He concealed the trouble from his family and, it is probable that no one, excepting Secretary Lamont, knew that he had physical torture as well as mental anxiety to contend with. His physicians made an examination to discover the cause of the trouble and shortly before the president issued his call for the extra session of congress it was decided that an operation was inevitable. Arrangements were made in New York and Mr. Cleveland was met on his arrival by Dr. Bryant, Dr. Hasbrouck and another physician. The party boarded the yacht Oneida on Friday night Dr. Hasbrouck had charge of the operation. As soon as Mr. Cleveland boarded the yacht he was put to sleep and rested well until late the next day, Saturday. It was deemed advisable to use gas as an anaesthetic rather than ether, because the operation would be followed by hemorrhages which might possibly lead to a flow of blood into the windpipe. The president yielded easily to the anaesthetic, and the surgeons then began their work of awful responsibility. The operation required but a few moments, and the physicians think that they have removed all of the diseased tissue and bone. Mr. Cleveland recovered from the shock even better than the physicians had dared to hope. He was kept in bed four days, during which time it was announced that he was suffering from rheumatism. When it became necessary for him to go to Washington his physicians warned him to remain away from work as much as possible. Dr. Bryant accompanied him to Washington and after being there four days issued a peremptory command for the president to return immediately to Buzzard’s Bay. The president did not wish to go, saying that his services were needed in Washington during the financial crisis, but he obeyed the doctor’s orders and the advice of his friends and returned to Buzzard’s Bay. There is much encouragement at present in the fact that the president’s condition is greatly improved and that there will be no recurrence of the malady which rendered the first operation necessary. Dr. Bryant remains with the president and is hopeful for the ultimate and full recovery. New York, Aug. 30.—1 nan interview Tuesday Dr. Hasbrouck admitted the truth of the story in the Philadelphia Press of an operation for the removal of diseased particles of bone from the president’s jaw during a trip on the pleasure yacht Oneida.